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Devil in the Darkness
- The True Story of Serial Killer Israel Keyes
- Narrated by: Don Kline
- Length: 8 hrs
- Categories: Biographies & Memoirs, True Crime
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- M. Bateman
- 31-01-18
Struggled
I struggled to enjoy for the same reasons everyone else seems to have, the narrator detracted from the book because of his odd manner of narration. Strange and leaves you feeling disconnected from the book.
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- Tim Elsom
- 30-10-19
Good book spoiled by AWFUL narration
I have listened to over 100 audiobooks over the years and I’ve never found one that I had to stop listening to because of the narration...until now that is. I’m sorry but Kline’s sing-song style with pauses where they don’t belong detracts massively from an otherwise good book. He doesn’t sound like he’s read the book first and there is no emotion or passion in the delivery. I hate to write bad reviews but on this occasion I needed to share this. I managed two chapters but was put off from the first paragraph. Completed the book by reading a copy myself.
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- Linda
- 14-11-16
Hire a professional narrator
The narration is SO bad I can't even listen. The emphasis is put on the wrong words as if he is just reading individual words rather than a sentence. I can't possibly tell you if the story is good or not because I can't get through the book with this narration.
14 people found this helpful
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- Michelle in New York City
- 30-09-16
Awful Narrator...
It is really difficult to review this book because it was very hard to understand the story as read by this narrator. He has an extremely odd reading pattern in that he stops as if there is a period in the middle of sentences to catch his breath. As a result, it often changes the meaning of a sentence. I think he reads to the end of each line and stops for a breath instead of the end of each sentence. I was quite distracted with this and had to stop the recording and go back and listen when sentences did not make sense. I realized it was because he does not use periods or commas as reading guides. This made the story very unenjoyable and I would not purchase a book with Don Kline as the narrator in the future. I volunteer in a recording studio; editing books that have been recorded for people who are blind and I wonder if this book was put through any review process before it was offered for sale. Because I think most sound editors would flag this book .
16 people found this helpful
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- Clyde
- 20-10-16
Interesting look into the brutal mind of a killer.
But the narrator has poor enuciation and pronunciation, and poor reading rhythm.
The production suffers , while the storyline is intriguing.
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- Kindle Customer
- 20-04-19
Couldn't listen to this, and not bc of the story!
The performance was so terrible I fast forwarded through a lot of this. The reader mispronounces a LOT of words. His pacing is awful. All around so bad I want to send this back and get the physical book to read for myself.
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- Gatorbelle
- 11-06-18
Awful Narration
The narrator is terrible. The cadence and delivery of the story is broken and seems to jump around. Would rather have read the book myself. Very disappointed.
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- Scot Anderson
- 05-04-17
Fascinating story of evil
The subject of this story is truly evil. His story leaves one questioning the true nature of humanity. The actions and decisions of this man were so coldly calculating that he is a clear example of the sociopath.
Unfortunately the narrator has a stilted, halting style that truly challenges one to enjoy what is otherwise a very interesting story. Ugh one of the worst I have had to suffer through.
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- Anonymous User
- 01-04-20
this reader is terrible
I can't even get into the story. because, the reader is so bad. he puts emphasis, and voice influxes in strange places, and he seems to add commas and pauses where they don't belong. Lenny from of mice and men could have read this better with a stutter.
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- ashley
- 09-03-20
no range in emotion from the speaker.
I struggled to finish. The lack of emotion from speaker made this an uneventful listen.
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- Rebecka
- 11-11-19
No new info + terrible narration
As most other reviewers have noted, the narrator was awful. He paused at awkward times, placed emphasis on incorrect syllables, and mispronounced several words... It was distracting. His cringey growl to announce the start of a new chapter was also pretty bad. The content was okay, but not great. There isn't anything in here that you can't find in news articles or podcast episodes. Also, the flow of the book is odd. There are random parts that just resummarize what had already been summarized.
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- Amazon Customer
- 22-01-21
Agree with other comments
The way this book was read was pretty terrible. It is a great story though.
1 person found this helpful